Abstract

JACOBO SUAREZ, Mónica Liliana  and  CARDENAS ALAMINOS, Nuty. Back on your Own: Return Migration and the Federal Government Response in Mexico. Migr. Inter [online]. 2020, vol.11, e1731.  Epub Feb 17, 2021. ISSN 2594-0279.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rmi.v1i1.1731.

U.S.-Mexico migration has been completely transformed. Currently, more Mexicans return from the United States to Mexico than those who migrate to that country. Millions of Mexican migrants have left the United States due to the economic recession, a harsher immigration policy, and a stronger deportation system. Mexican returnees, voluntary and involuntary, present a diverse profile and wide-ranging reintegration needs, which constitutes a challenge for the government in Mexico. Here we analyze specific initiatives and programs created by the Mexican federal government to serve returnees, also we identify various challenges and areas of improvement. Finally, we offer recommendations for a better reintegration of the returnee population.

Keywords : return migration; reintegration; migration policy; Mexico; United States.

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